Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Saskett, Son Of Ike 1876
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Morris Herald, July 21, 1876
Sudden Death – On Thursday of last week a little boy, aged 13 months, son of 
Ike Saskett, colored, of this city, came to his death from drinking lye. The 
mother had been using a cup for dipping lye out of a kettle, and when she got 
through with it placed it in the window. That day the mother went out leaving 
the babe with some older children. During her absence the child got hold of 
the cup, on which a crystallization of lye had formed, and from it drank 
water. The particles of lye were dissolved and so impregnated the water as to 
form lye, which proved strong enough to cause the death of the child. About 
two hours after the child drank the lye Dr. Smith was summoned, but too late 
to render any relief to the little sufferer, and he died the next day.

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